Finance Score: 0

Governance Score: 9

Support Score: 2

No PartB

Good trustee age range: +3
Dynamic board: +3
Gender balanced board: +3

Overall weighted support: +2

Overall GiG Score: 11

MERCIA MS THERAPY CENTRE LTD

It provides a variety of therapies for people with multiple sclerosis & other ailments, children with Autism and cerebral palsy, all within the centre for the people of Coventry & surrounding areas.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

The charity has received modest backing from several prominent grant makers recently
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

Over half the Board have joined recently

Financial issues to consider:

There has been a change of accounting period recently, so trends may be hard to determine
A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?

N.B. data has been adjusted to reflect year end change

Sources of Income ?

Y/E		Income £k	Spending £k	Surplus/ Deficit £k	Fundraising Cost £k	Total Funds £k	Unrestricted Funds £k	Mths Rsrvs	Staff	Volun- teers
31/03/24		£147	£140	£7	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/23?	*	£154	£159	£-6	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/21		£115	£105	£10	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/20		£101	£114	£-13	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/19		£139	£148	£-8	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/18		£174	£140	£34	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/17		£128	£147	£-19	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/16		£159	£174	£-15	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/15		£195	£154	£41	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/14		£158	£153	£5	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/13		£146	£141	£5	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/12	*	£147	£142	£5	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/11		£136	£148	£-12	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/10		£114	£167	£-53	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/09		£196	£159	£36	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/08		£190	£151	£39	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/07		£141	£147	£-5	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/06		£167	£138	£29	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/05		£124	£134	£-10	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/04		£146	£140	£6	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 36 years

www.merciamstherapy.org.uk

info@merciamstherapy.org.uk

02476611088

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Listed activities

Disability

GiG Classification

Services for people with disabilities

How it operates

Other charitable activities
Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides services

Where it operates

Birmingham City, Coventry City, Dudley, Leicestershire, Northamptonshire, Sandwell, Solihull, Walsall, Warwickshire, Wolverhampton,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
Elderly/Old People
Other Defined Groups
People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
People With Disabilities
The General Public/Mankind

Who supports them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Major supporters in last 5 years

National Lottery Community Fund	£6,000
CAF	£3,000
Heart Of England Community Foundation	£650

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Heart Of England Community Foundation - Yoga for people with multiple sclerosis
£650	17/06/2021	To fund yoga classes for members.
CAF - Grant to Mercia MS Therapy Centre
£3,000	02/06/2020 3	Grant to Mercia MS Therapy Centre to support the organisation through COVID19
National Lottery Community Fund - COVID-19 Outreach
£6,000	07/05/2020 4	The funding will be used to provide online and telephone advice support and therapies for people living with multiple sclerosis cancer and other long-term conditions. This will enable those at risk to maintain and improve their health and well-being ....more The funding will be used to provide online and telephone advice support and therapies for people living with multiple sclerosis cancer and other long-term conditions. This will enable those at risk to maintain and improve their health and well-being during the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Clothworkers Foundation - Grant to Mercia MS Therapy Centre
£10,000	30/06/2016	refurbishment of internal building for a charity which works with disabled people in Coventry

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (5)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 45-74

CHRISTOPHER KITSON (Chair) Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Retired

CLAIRE LOUISE ALLBUT Appointed: 2024

DEREK RIDGWAY Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Retired

DUNCAN PARTINGTON Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Retired

LAURA BARNES Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Celebrant

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 16/05/1989, number: 701561
Registered at Companies House on 29/03/1989, number: 02366441

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Complaints handling
Complaints policy and procedures
Conflicting interests
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Volunteer management

Filing Record

20 returns made; AR23: 8 days late, AR12: 34 days late,

Main office

Mrs Mary McDermott
8 MACEFIELD CLOSE
ALDERMANS GREEN INDUSTRIAL ESTATE
COVENTRY
CV2 2PJ

Objectives

(1) TO AID AND IMPROVE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT THE CONDITION OF THOSE SUFFERING FROM MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS BY ANY LAWFUL MEANS. (2) TO ASSIST ARMS (MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS RESEARCH) LIMITED IN PROMOTING (WHETHER OR NOT WITHIN THE AREA OF BENEFIT) ALL OR ANY OF ITS OBJECTS.

Defined Area of Benefit:

COUNTY OF WARWICKSHIRE AND CITY OF COVENTRY

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